Eye protector



Sept. 5, 1939. s. SIMKOS EYE PROTECTOR Filed Jan. 17, 1939 2 Shets-Sheet 1 Sam uel SUM/r06.-

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS S. SIMKOS Sept. 5, 1939.

EYE PROTECTOR 12 nun- Samuel Sz'mlsos /amwf a.

ATTO R N EYS Patented Sept. 5, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFECE EYE PROTECTOR Samuel Simkos, Charleroi, Pa., assignor of onehalf to Alexander Delopitro, Eightyfour, Pa.

Application January 17, 1939, Serial No. 251,411 4 Claims. (01. 210) This invention relates to eye protectors, and Figure 5 is a fragmentary top plan view with its general object is to provide a protector in parts removed and in dotted lines. the form of goggles, that is permanently associ- Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective View ilated with a cap or the like, to be carried thereby lustrating the keeper member and associated 5 at all times for immediate use, the protector inparts, of the latch for holding the shield in oper- 5 cluding a lens carried shield movably mounted ative position.

and connected preferably to the visor of the cap, Figure 7 is a top plan view of Figure 6 with the for disposal into and out of position in front of block of the keeper member partly in section. the wearers eyes, and is capable of being moved Referring to the drawings in detail, it will be 10 accordingly in an easy and expeditious manner noted that I have illustrated my protector as 10 with minimum effort, therefore it will be seen being applied to and permanently fixed or atthat my protector is extremely useful for miners, tached to a cap of aparticular type, but it can be welders, stone and steel workers, and persons enattached to any kind of cap, hat or the like, that gaged in work which necessitates frequent moveincludes a visor, or brim. In the form as shown,

ment of an eye shield into and out of use, and the body of the cap is indicated by the letter A 15 when in either position, the shield of my proand B is the visor. tector is held against any possibility of casual The shield member of my protector includes a movement or displacement. frame made up of a rear arcuate member I A further object is to provide a protector that shaped to follow the curvature of the visor, and a will cause no discomfort to the user, in that it side and front member having its ends secured to 20 includes no means for association with the ears the rear member I adjacent the ends thereof and of the wearer, and is carried and supported enthe latter terminates in eyes 2. The side and tirely by the cap or hat of the wearer. front member midway its ends is inwardly di- Another object is to provide a protector of the rected in curved formation as at 3, for fitting character set forth, that is permanently attached association with the nose of the user, as best 25 to a cap or the like, and can be applied thereto shown in Figure 3. with very little or no change to the cap: struc- Levers 4 are provided for mounting the shield ture. member with respect to the underside of the visor,

A still further object is to provide a protector there being a lever for each end of the shield that is simple in construction, inexpensive to member and one of the ends of the levers are 30 manufacture, and extremely efficient in operation, pivotally secured to the visor While their opposite use and service. ends have formed thereon apertured ears 5 be- This invention also consists in certain other tween which and the levers are pivotally secured features of construction and in the combination the eyes 2, by pins, as best shown in Figure 4.

and'arrangement of the several parts, to be here- By that construction, it will be obviousthat the 35 inafter fully described, illustrated in the accomshield member is mounted for swinging movepanying drawings and specifically pointed out in ment into and out of position for use, and when the appended claims. out of use is disposed parallel with and in close In describing the invention in detail, reference proximity to the undersurface of the visor, as

40 wil be had to the accompanying drawings whereshown in full lines in Figure 4, but when in use is 40 in like characters denote like or corresponding arranged in front of the eyes of the user, as shown parts throughout the several views, and in which: in dotted lines in that figure, as well as in full Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating my prolines in Figure 3. The body 6 of the shield memtector applied to a cap, with the shield member ber is of course made from sheet material and in dotted lines and disposed in its respective posihas window openings therein closed by lenses 1, 45 tions into and out of use. the openings and lenses being of circular forma- Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional View taken tion in the form as shown, but it will be obvious through the cap and illustrates the retracting that they may be of any desired shape, without means for the shield and the mounting means departing from the spirit of the invention.

therefor in elevation. The visor is preferably slotted transversely 50 Figure 3 is a front view of Figure 1, with the from a point centrally of its inner edge to a point shield in use or in operative position. adjacent to its outer edge, and mounted and se- Figure 4 is a fragmentary transverse sectional cured within the slot is a guide housing 8 of elonview taken through my protector permanently gated formation to fit the slot, the housing in- 65 fixed to the visor of the cap. eluding upper, bottom and side walls, and open ends. The bottom wall is slotted along its longitudinal center for the major portion of its length and mounted for slidable movement in the housing is a keeper member that includes a block 9, with anarm l0 secured therein and extending rearwardly therefrom, as best shown in Figure 6. The arm has formed thereon and depending therefrom a projection II that extends through the slot [2 of the bottom wall ,to be guided for movement therein, and the projection has pivotally mounted thereon and preferably extending therethrough, the rear arcuate member I of the frame of the shield member. The frame is reinforced by a cross member l3 bridging the member I at its connection with the projection and the side and front member at the inwardly directed curved portion 3 thereof.

Connected to the rear end of the arm l0 and preferably extending through an opening therein, is one end of a link I4 which is looped upon itself and mounted in the outer looped end thereof is one end of an elastic band 15, while its opposite end is connected to an anchoring link l5 that is fixed to a mounting strip I'I adjacent the rear end thereof, as shown in Figure 2. The mounting strip has its front end secured to a rearwardly directed extension l8 of the bottom wall, and the strip I1 is of a length to extend diametrically of the body of the cap to the rear end of the body and the rear end portion of the strip is fixed to the rear portion of the cap, as best shown in Figure 2. By that construction, it will be obvious that the keeper member is normally held at the rear end of the housing, but is moved forwardly against the action of the elastic band l5, as and for a purpose which will be presently described.

Extending through the housing is a handled pull lever I!) that is preferably made from a single strand of wire as shown, to provide parallel portions slidably mounted through the block 9 and the rear ends of the parallel portions terminate in eyes 20 that have connected thereto the eyed forward ends of a link 2|, which has connected thereto one end of an elastic band 22 and the opposite end of the elastic band 22 is connected to an anchoring band 23, the latter being fixed to the rear portion of the mounting strip H. The forward end of the pull lever I9 is bent at right angles upon itself to provide a handle 24, and it will be obvious that the elastic band 22 holds and urges the pull lever I!) to its normal position, as shown in full lines in Figure 4. 'The eyes 20 not only act as means for connecting the link 2| with respect to the pull lever, as clearly shown in Figures 6 and '7, but also as abutment means for engagement with the block 9, when the pull lever is moved forwardly to its dotted line position of Figure 4. Such movement of the lever I9 will cause the eyes 20 to engage the block and move the keeper member forwardly within the housing, and as the keeper member is pivotally connected to the shield member, the shield member is moved accordingly and to its operative position, in front of the eyes of the wearer, it being obvious that the shield member is moved in the arc of a circle due to the connection thereof with the levers 4. r

Pivotally secured to the upper wall of the housing is a latch lever 25 including a cam hook 26 at 'one end for disposal in the path'of a lug 21 formed on and rising from the block 9, so that when the lug engages the cam surface of the hook 26, it would automatically raise the latch lever and dispose the lug 21 in the shouldered portion of the hook, as clearly shown in Figure 4, and thereby retain the shield member in operative position. The latch lever is spring pressed and includes an upwardly curved handle 28 which when pressure is applied thereto will release the keeper member from the latch lever and the elastic band l5 will move the keeper member rearwardly for moving the shield member to its normal position, as best shown in full lines in Figure 4.

The mounting strip I1 is preferably disposed between the outer covering of the body of the cap and lining, as shown in Figure 2, and while the guide housing is mounted in a slot in the visor, it may be mounted on the upper surface of the visor, with the latter having a narrow'slot therein for the passage of the projection of the keeper member therethrough. The extension of the bottom wall of the housing preferably has secured thereto a cover member 29.

While I have illustrated a shield member that includes lenses, as well as a body 6 that is made from solid sheet material, the shield member may have wire mesh material secured to the frame instead of the body 6 and the lenses, but in any event the shield member is readily movable to either of its positions, into or out of use, in an easy and expeditious manner, as will be apparent, from the foregoing description and disclosure of the drawings.

'It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A protector for attachment to the visor of a cap or the like and comprising a shield including vision passage means and mounted on the underside of the visor for disposal into and out of operative position in front of the wearers eyes, means mounted for slidable movement transversely of the visor and having the shield pivotally connected thereto for moving the shield to its respective positions, an arm included in the slidably mounted means, elastic means connected to the arm for urging and holding the shield normally in an inoperative position, handled means engageable with the slidably mounted means for moving the shield to ,an operative position, and spring pressed latch means engageable with the slidably mounted means for holding the shield in its latter position.

2. A protector for attachment to the visor of a cap or the like, and comprising a shield including vision passage means and mounted on the underside of the visor for disposal into and out of operative position in front of the wearers eyes, keeper means including a projection extending through the visor and having the shield pivotally connected thereto for moving the latter to its respective positions, an arm included in the keeper means, elastic means connected to the arm for urging and holding the shield normally in an inoperative position, a handled pull lever including means engageable with the keeper means for moving the shield to an operative position, spring pressed latch means for receiving the keeper means for holding the shield in its latter position, and means for urging and holding the, pull lever in a normal position.

3, A protector for attachment to the visor of 7 a cap or the like and comprising a shield including vision passage means and mounted on the underside of the visor for disposal into and out of operative position in front of the wearers eyes, a housing secured to and extending transversely of the visor, keeper means mounted for slidable movement in the housing and including a projection having the shield pivotally connected thereto for movement of the shield to its respective positions, an arm included in the keeper means, a strip secured to the housing and extending rearwardly therefrom with its rear end secured to the rear portion of the body of the cap, elastic means anchored to the rear portion of the strip and connected to the arm for urging and holding the shield normally in an inoperative position, handled means engageable with the keeper means for moving the shield to an operative position, and handled spring pressed latch means arranged in the path of the keeper means and automatically operated by the latter for the latch means to receive the keeper means for holding the shield in its operative position.

4. A protector for attachment to the visor of a cap or the like and comprising a shield including vision passage means and mounted on the underside of the visor for disposal into and out of operative position in front of the Wearers eyes, a housing secured to and extending transversely of the visor, keper means mounted for slidable movement in the housing and including a projection having the shield pivotally connected thereto for movement of the shield to its respective positions, an arm included in the keeper means, a strip secured to the housing and extending rearwardly therefrom with its rear end secured to the rear portion of the body of the cap, elastic means anchored to the rear portion of the strip and connected to the arm for urging and holding the shield normally in an inoperative position, a handled pull lever slidably mounted through the casing and including means engageable with the keeper means for moving the shield to an opera tive position, elastic means connected to the rear portion of the strip and the handled pull lever for urging and holding the latter in a normal position, and a spring pressed latch lever arranged in the path of the keeper means for receiving the latter for holding the shield in operative position.

SAMUEL SIMKOS. 

